Toy gas-filling pump



April 20 1926.

C. G. AUSTIN TOY (ms FILLING PUMP Filed Ju1 1. 1925 All J.

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INVENTOR 61 6E A us TIN BY ATTORNEYS Patented Apr. 26, 1926.

UNITED. s mples PATENT oFricE.

CLARENCE GIFFGRI) AUSTIN, E \VOOESTOCK', ILLINOIS, ASSZGNQR OI ONE-HALF TO BENJAMIN W"- LANCE,

Q3 GENEVA, ILLINOIS.

TOY GAS-FILLING PUMP.

Application filed July 11, 1925... Serial No. 43,032.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE G. AUsTIN, a citizen of the United States, and resident of l' i' oodstock, in the county of McHenry and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Toy Gas-Filling Pumps, of which the following is a full,

atoy gas filling pump which in operationhas the sameappearances as the full size operative gas filling pumps used at automol'iile service stations.

A. further object of my invention is to provide a toy gas filling pump of the character described which employs liquid to represent liquid fuel and in which the liquid is so confined as to prevent its spilling upon the floor or other supporting surface upon which the toy is placed if for some reason the toy is overturned.

A further object of my invention is to provide a toy'gas filling pump of the character described in which particularly novel structure is employed for pumping the fluid from the lower or concealed compartment, representing the underground tank in the full size operative embodiment of the gas filling pump, into an upper or visible com.- partment and from thence back to the concealed compartment, which latter step represents the movement of fluid through a miniature hoseinto the fuel tank of a toy vehicle.

A further object of my invention is to provide a toy gas filling pump of the character described which is durable in construction, simple in operation and thoroughly practical for the purpose intended.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification, and the novel features of the invention will, be particularly pointed out in the. appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this ap- I e n I r plication, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of an embodiment of my invention,

Figure 2 is a sectional view of'the mechanism illustrated in Figure 1,

Figure 3 33 of Figure 1, and

, Figure 4 is a perspective view ofa part of themechanism illustrated in Figure In carrying out my invention I make use of a base member 1 having a cylindrical metal body member 2 mounted vertically thereon. The body member 2 has a reduced cylindrical member 8 mounted co axially thereupon at the upper end, which member 3 supports a vertically extending guard member 1. The guard member 4 has a top plate 5 upon which a metal name plate 6 is disposed and painted to simulate the illuminated name plate ordinarily disposed at the top of the gas filling pumps in commercial use.

A reservoir .7 is concealed within the body member 2 and consists in a glass bottle similarto the bottles used for holding ink.

This bottle 7 hasa stopper 8 therein and is held against movement with respect to the body member 2 by a metal partition wall 9 which bears against the top of the stopper 8, and which is secured to the side walls of the body member 2.

The stopper Shas three metal tubes 10, 11 and 12 projected therethrough. The tube 11 has its lower end disposed. adjacent to the bottom wall of the reservoir 7 and has a ball valve 18 at its upper endwhich is projected above the top of the stopper 8. The tube 10 has its lowermost end just below the bottom wall of the stopper and its upper end in a plane common with the ball:

valve 18. The tube 12 has its lower end in is a sectional view on the line common with the lower end of the tube 10 and its upper end projected through a stopper 14 disposed in the neck ofan elongated glass bottle 15 which just fills the interior of the guard member 4: and has the appearance of the vlsible reservoir employed in the full size operative gas filling station pump.

The upper end of the tube 12 is disposed adjacent to the upper end of the bottle 15. The bottle 15 is held against displacement from theguard 4: by a partition wall 15 surface of the stopper ldfor approximately three-eighths of an inch, and have their upper ends slightly above the level of the upper surface of the stopper. The tube 18 has a ball valve 19 at the top thereof similar to the ballvalve 13.

Soft rubber tubes 20 and 21 are employed for connecting the tubes 10 and 11 to the tubes 17 and 18 respectively, (see Figure 2).

A spring 22 is secured at its lower end to the partition wall 9 and has a portion thereof parallel with the axis of the rubber tube 21. A crank 23 having a shaft 24: is rotatably mounted on the body member 2 so tl the shaft portion 2-1 extends across the interior ot' the body member adjacent to the outer surface of the spring 22, while the crank portion 23 is disposed exteriorly of the body member.

The shaft 2% of the crank has a flattened portion 25 (see Figure t) which causes the spring 22 to oscillate laterally as the crank is turned, alternately squeezing and releasing the tube 21. This movement of the tube 21 causes water to be pun'iped from the reservoir up into the bottle 15.

A metal plate 26 having bearing members 27 is provided with a substantially horizontal portion 28 which is disposed between the tubes 20 an d-21. The shaft is projected through the bearing members 27, thus positively insuring the alternate squeezing and releasing 01" the tube 21 as the crank is turned.

A second spring 29 is secured to the partition wall 9 at its lower end and has a portion 30 bent in the form of a V which is adapted for engagement with the tube 20 to shut oil" the return flow of fluid "from the bottle 15 to the reservoir 7, as when a screw 31 having a handle portion 32 is moved into engagement with the portion 30 of the spring 29. This'serew 31 is rotatably mounted in threaded lugs 38 which depend from the plate 26. ii. miniature hose "3d of rubber tubing or solid rubber is secured at 35 to the body member 2 and has at its outermost end a miniature spoutmember 36. No liquid is intended to pass through the hose i, nor the spout 35 which merely serve as toy members to simulate their counterparts found in the standard full size gas filling ouinp.

From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device, the operation thereof u'iay be readily understood. Normally all oi the fluid or liquid in the device is within the reservoir 7, there being also liquid between the -ball valve 13 and the ball valve 19. lVhen the crank 23 is turned. the portion 25 will alternately engage and disengage the spring 22 as to cause the the spring 29.

menses 19 into the bottle 15, or when the tube is released will cause tluid from the reservoir 7 to be drawn upwardly into the tube. This operation is repeated by turning the crank 23 until the bottle 15 has suflicient 'fluid therein to rise to a level'indicated by a zero mark which forms one of a plurality of gauge marks 35 inscribed upon the outer wall of the bottle 15. .he top of the tube 12 is in a plane common with the zero mark on the bottle and any additional fluid pumped into the bottle will flow back through the tube 12 into the reservoir 7.

The tube 12 also serves as an air vent to permit air to be admitted above the level of fluid in the reservoir 7 as the fluid is pumped therefrom.

The spout 36 is then placed over the fuel tank of a toy motor vehicle or the like and the screw 31 released from engagement with The fluid is then free to flow through the tube 20 back into the reservoir 7, giving the appearance of the flow of fluid through the miniature hose 3% into the tank of the toy vehicle.

I claim:

1. A toy gas filling station of the character described comprising a concealed reservoir for containing fluid, a visible reservoir of transparent material, means for pumping the fluid from the concealed reservoir into the visible reservoir, manual means for controlling the flow of fluid from said visible reservoir back into the concealed reservoir, said last named means consisting of a flexible tube having its opposite ends communicating with the interior of said concealed reservoir and with the interior of the visible reservoir, a spring having a portion thereof adjacent to the tube, and a manually actuated screw for moving said resilient member into engagement 'ith the tube to constrict the tube.

2. In a toy gas filling pump of the character described a concealed reservoir, a vis ible reservoir and means for pumping fluid from the concealed reservoir to the visible reservoir comprising a tube projected into the concealed reservoir and a tube projected into the visible reservoir. a ball valve at the top of each oi said tubes, said visible reservoir being disposed above the concealed reservoir. a flexible tube connecting the adjacent ends or. said tubes, and manually actuated means for constricting and releasing said flexible tube alternately.

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